Dark Sun: The Rise and Fall of a Dragon KingLynn Abbey (TSR 0-7869-0476-3, Mar 96, $5.99, 310pp, tp, cover by Brom) [Dark Sun: Chronicles of Athas] Novelization based on the role-playing game; book five in the Chronicles of Athas. Copyrighted by TSR.

The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the GalaxyDouglas Adams (Random House/Wings 0-517-14925-7, Mar 96 [Feb 96], $14.99, 815pp, hc, cover by Peter Cross) [Hitchhiker] Omnibus of the five novels in the Hitchhiker series, plus the story Young Zaphod Plays it Safe (which also appeared in the Wings omnibus of the first four novels, The More Than Complete Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, not previously listed). This is an instant remainder edition. First US edition (Heinemann 1995).

The Cockatrice BoysJoan Aiken (Tor 0-312-86056-0, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $20.95, 221pp, hc, cover by Jason Van Hollander) Young-adult fantasy novel. The world is invaded by strange monsters, and its up to the boys of the Cockatrice Corp to bring a trainful of food to beseiged Manchester. First US edition (Gollancz 1996).